12/01/2013
The banking giants have chosen two rather distinct strategies over the last couple of years as they implemented sweeping changes to comply with new stringent Swiss capital requirement standards.
12/01/2013
Longtime friends but not lovers: the US-Swiss relationship has always had its ups and downs
11/28/2013
Advisers continue to increase their use of passive investment products
11/27/2013
Managing family dynamics
11/27/2013
More than two-thirds of wealth managers will be looking to outsource their back-office functions, according to a report.
11/26/2013
Nick Mustoe and John Greenwood give their views on when they expect interest rates to rise and the main economic problems faced by the emerging markets
11/26/2013
Top economist tells MPs that the City of London is well placed to be world's financial centre and could survive outside the EU
11/26/2013
‘If I want to go right, I go right, and then it is between me and the weather,’ says Hervé Croset, as he describes the sense of freedom he gets from sailing.
11/25/2013
Hedge funds have delivered healthy risk-adjusted returns over the last few years, and have been a useful diversifier for portfolios.
11/25/2013
Further economic recovery, underpinned by liquidity from central banks, should support equities
11/25/2013
The more women there are on a corporate board the less a company pays for its acquisitions, according to a new study by researchers at UBC's Sauder School of Business.
11/24/2013
You wouldn't bet against Aberdeen's controversial Chief Executive Martin Gilbert
11/24/2013
Société Générale’s chairman and chief executive officer, Frédéric Oudéa, reflects on qualities required to lead in turbulent times.
11/24/2013
In the world of twenty four hour news coverage, any snippet of data and information is leapt upon normally as 'breaking news' and its interpretation extrapolated by endless commentators to some ludicrous degrees.
11/24/2013
53% also say strict codes of conduct would harm their firm’s competitiveness
11/24/2013
At the end of the third Plenary Meeting of the 18th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, the outlook for the Chinese economy appears, in our view, to be more positive in the medium to long term.
11/24/2013
News over the weekend that the alliance of western nations has come to an agreement with Iran has been well received, particularly outside the Middle East.
11/24/2013
Is the world’s second-largest economy on the verge of a financial crisis? The amount of debt in China has swelled from $9 trillion to around $23 trillion over the past five years. We believe this situation could be unsustainable, leaving the financi
11/24/2013
The discretionary management industry has been slammed for delivering dire levels of performance to investors
11/22/2013
Private banking has a bit of a bad name. People used to think it was something secretive and probably Swiss – and only for the seriously wealthy.